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Meet Xperia Z1

Johan — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 08:40:05 GMT

Weight

169 grams

Dimensions

144.4 x 73.9 x 8.5 mm

Camera

20 megapixel camera with Sony Exmor RS® for mobile image sensor

Display

5.0 inch Full HD TRILUMINOS™ Display for mobile with X-Reality™ for mobile picture engine
16,777,216 colours, 1920x1080 pixels

On the inside

Google™ Android™ 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
2.2 GHz Qualcomm MSM8974 Quad Core

Durability

Waterproof (IPX5 and IPX8) ***
Dustproof (IP5X) ***

Battery

Talk time: Up to 14 hours**
Standby time: Up to 550 hours**
Music listening time: Up to 40 hours**
Video playback time: Up to 5.5 hours**

Specifications

This is a listing of Xperia Z1‘s main features and functions.

Camera and video

20 megapixel camera with pulsed LED flash and auto focus
Burst mode
HDR for both picture/film
8x digital zoom
BIONZ™ for mobile image processor engine
Front-facing camera (2 MP 1080p)
Geotagging
HD video recording (1080p)
Sony G Lens
Image stabiliser
Object tracking
Red-eye reduction
Scene recognition
Send to web
Smile shutter™
Sony Exmor RS for mobile image sensor
Superior Auto
Sweep Panorama
Touch focus
Touch capture
White balance
Image capture, supported format: JPEG
Image playback, supported formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, WebP
Video recording, supported formats: 3GPP, MP4
Video playback, supported formats: 3GPP, MP4, M4V, MKV, AVI, XVID, WEBM
Face detection

Design and display

5”, 16,777,216 colours, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Full HD TRILUMINOS™ Display for mobile
X-Reality™ for mobile picture engine
Sony Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2
Face Unlock
Gesture input
Senser-on-lens
STAMINA mode
Touch gesture - multi-touch, up to 10 fingers supported
Screenshot capturing
Throw
Pan & zoom

Networks

UMTS HSPA+ 850 (Band V), 900 (Band VIII), 1700 (Band IV), 1900 (Band II), 2100 (Band I) MHz
GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17, 20)****

Connectivity and communication

3.5 mm audio jack (CTIA)
aGPS
ANT+
Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology
DLNA Certified
MHL support
Native USB tethering
NFC
Screen mirroring
Smart Connect
Synchronisation via Exchange ActiveSync®, Facebook™, Google™ and SyncML™*
USB charging
USB High speed 2.0 and Micro USB support
Xperia Link
Wi-Fi and WiFi Hotspot functionality
Noise suppression
Voice enhancement
Xperia Socialife*

Entertainment

"Movies" application
3D and motion gaming
Google Wallet™
PlayStation Certified
FM Radio with RDS
SensMe and SensMe slideshow
Sony Entertainment Network (selected markets only)
TV launcher
YouTube*
“WALKMAN” application
Facebook application*
Twitter*
3D surround sound
Bluetooth stereo (A2DP)
Clear Audio+, Clear bass and Clear stereo
TrackID music recognition*
xLoud Experience – audio filter technology from Sony
Audio recording, supported formats: 3GPP, MP4, AMR
Audio playback, supported formats: MP3, 3GPP, MP4, ADTS, AMR, SMF, XMF, OTA, RTTTL, RTX, iMelody, WAV, OGG, FLAC

Memory

RAM: 2GB
Flash memory: Up to 16 GB****
Expansion slot: microSD™ card, up to 64 GB (SDXC supported)

Pre-loaded applications

Google Chrome*
Google Play*
Google Voice Search*
Google search*
Google Maps for Mobile with Street view and Latitude*
Google Talk application*
Sony Select
Web browser (WebKit)

* Not available in all markets.

** Values are according to GSM Association Battery Life Measurement Technique as performed in controlled laboratory conditions. Actual time may vary.

*** In compliance with IP55 and IP58, Xperia™ Z1 is protected against the ingress of dust and is waterproof. Provided that all ports and covers are firmly closed, the phone is (i) protected against low pressure jets of water from all practicable directions in compliance with IP 55; and/or (ii) can be kept under 1.50 metre of freshwater for up to 30 minutes in compliance with IP 58.

**** Memory comprises of approximately TBD GB firmware, plus TBD GB of “Internal storage” for music, pictures and movies, and downloaded applications and their data.

For more information about Xperia Z1 and its capabilities please visit our website.
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-z1/

Re: Meet Xperia Z1

Uliwooly — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 08:50:40 GMT

Just amazing

Re: Meet Xperia Z1

Dyson — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:40:54 GMT

i will wait for next year XPERIA Z2..haha!

not gonna change my XZ so fast lo..

it still serve me well..

water resistant work like charm..haha

just back near camera got little bit lifted up..

Z1 Cam

santana1 — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 18:44:49 GMT

I don't know i love the design but the emphasis is on cam with the z1 and yes although it's better than any of the previous xperia models i still think photos are compressed to much and there's alot of oversharpening in the samples i've seen. Sony needs to let the user decied how big he/she want there photo size to be i mean that's what real camera phones let the users do it's all about choice and trust me i've only purchased sony phones in my life but i won't shell out the kind of money sony wants for this if the s4 is taking better pics with sony's in house optics. It hurts that samsung,apple and now lg can take sony's optics and produce superior photos because sony's software development is coming up short. Sorry if i sound bashful but as an electrical engineer I work to hard for my money to just give it away just cause Sony built a reputation for having the best even if right now they aren't giving me the best, just fix the cam software we all know you can beat the rest of oems but it seems you don't want to cause you all seem to think that if you do they will shop elsewhere for optics.

Re: Meet Xperia Z1

xingyi — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 09:07:42 GMT

Sounds like a good phone, just like its older brother Xperia Z sounded too. But did Sony fix the bugs of Z before launching Z1? Or they are just focused on improving what was already good enough, instead of improving what was plain bad?

Re: Meet Xperia Z1

MUSHARAB — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:30:42 GMT

Not Happy With

1. Image Processing

2. Battery Life

Re: Meet Xperia Z1

Thalamus. — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 10:41:59 GMT

If anyone is interested the Gadget Show team have recently done a short hands on review of the Xperia Z1 & awarded it 4G's out of 5..

Click the link to read the Gadget Show Z1 Review

Re: Meet Xperia Z1

HR — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 15:18:44 GMT

Met. Owned. Loving. Best companion now.

Re: Meet Xperia Z1

tomasio — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 02:19:53 GMT

My 1st post is unluckily already a complain. I feel kind of betrayed by Sony for selling Xperia Z as its flagship model in Spring 2013 and push it from the pedestal only 9 months later. Do not get me wrong, I am still satisfied with my "Z", but the ugly thought occurs that Sony could have built the improvements made within the Z1 already into the Xperia Z.

Besides that the only critic point I got is the poor FLAC support by Sony Walkman App. My FLAC-files are simply not played, although Sony claims the Walkman App is able to do so. Mostly of them are ripped with XLD Player (Mac OS), but also the others are simply not played. Does anyone know what kind of FLAC files are supported?

Re: Meet Xperia Z1

SVWatt — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 05:23:27 GMT

Saw. Tried. Loved. Bought. Keeps my XPTZ company.
Great machine.

Re: Meet Xperia Z1

pukoh — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 05:32:21 GMT

sony wants your to buy their new walkman http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/27/4778492/sony-walkman-f880-zx1-android-high-quality-audio-flac-players

but why bother with flac unless you're at home with no ambient noise. Do you have a cone of silence you wear when you go out?

Re: Meet Xperia Z1

EMT — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 20:12:42 GMT

Where is LTE in the US version? Its not listed.. highest is HSPA+?
Will future versions come with LTE?

Any news on carriers? Verizon CDMA cersion?

Re: Meet Xperia Z1

tomasio — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 21:01:41 GMT

can anybody help me with the flac compatibilty of Sony’s Walkman App? Is there any at all or do I really have to reside to 3rd party apps like Neutron?

Re: Meet Xperia Z1

9900 — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 03:49:17 GMT

Xperia Z1 frozen with blank screen and wont switch off or on

Re: Meet Xperia Z1

SXZ1 — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 04:23:50 GMT

haha, ya, i feel xperia z users should still wait, it was a powerful phone and i was gonna go for it. until one acquaintance asked me to wait for the z1 which had just been revealed then. and darn was it worth it. that too a jump from a previous gen flagship. you still feel the massive jump. espcially coming from a bloated overly blown plastic phone. an impeccable device aside from some issues(most major one for me is the unavailibility of accessories especially screen protector, that is just ridiculous, using the phone for 18 days now with the box labels still on it, had to cut out the shape around the lense so I could start using the camera, cannot get rid of it especially because of the scratch prone shatter proof guard baked with the sony logo on top of it, with the scratch resistant screen underneath) , which is totally expected from any relatively new product. the main deciding factor in this case would be the support Sony provides, and how soon it releases updates and fixes.

Re: Z1 Cam

SXZ1 — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 04:31:36 GMT

true that. I have been using the z1 for 18 days now. though overall the camera isnt that bad, though definitely not like what the spec sheet suggest, especially with the powerful camera hardware inside. the good thing one can hope for is, it being the software fault, sony can fix it, hopefully soon. I too have noticed 13 MP shooters taking better images, mainly after zooming entirely into the clicked photo few artefacts and over processing is noticeable. But as a shooter it outperforms several others even in the superior auto mode which does all the tuning work for you and clicks 8.3 MP photos. I rarely use the 20.7MP mode as I dont think I can afford an Image to take more space then most of the apps (6.5 MB avg photo size). I wish at times for a 32 GB onboard but then again I am happy for having the expandable memory option, but sadly that invovles spending more to get a fast and high capacity memory card.

Re: Meet Xperia Z1

SXZ1 — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 04:37:49 GMT

ya, faced that once. Even my friend using an Ultra reported that issue. The simple solution is to use the hard boot[vol up + power button] shortcut to switch off the phone and then you can power it on normally using the alu power key.

here is my experience

"For around 2 hours the device was stuck on a dim grayish black backlit screen, which appeared to be switched off at first, but on closer inspection, it indicated that the backlight was on, and looked much visible from side angles.

Btw, I read many people stating that the root cause is the optimized backlight(when disabled, which is enabled/checked by default) option under display settings, which even I had unchecked. So that might be the cause, but I had that setting unchecked previously many a times and it never did this. Hopefully Sony updates and rolls out fixes soon.
Another issue I experience is Heating, especially in the morning after 6-8 hours of device sleep time. When I sit relaxed letting my bowels ease out, after around 10 mins of normal use, the device quickly warms up. I attribute this mainly to the extended device idle time, as otherwise throughout the day I use the device extensively and it never warms up this quickly."

Re: Meet Xperia Z1

tomasio — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 07:01:37 GMT

Hi, SXZ1,
What sense does it make to make fun at owners of the Xperia Z? We own the phone already and thus have no benefit in being told 'Haha, you should have waited for the Z1!'. Regarding the possibility that your expensively bought "flagship" phone will be a short-termliving advantage, you are the real fool. Buying a Sony flagship phone at its market entry shows at least one thing: that your learning curve equals a moth which.still flies into the fire though it was burned before.

Re: Meet Xperia Z1

GCS88 — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 00:04:16 GMT

Hey guys can I ask a favor to anyone who owns a Z1 to send me the stock photo and the sample video of it? i know its not really a useful stuff but for me its really nice to have em, thanks!

Re: Meet Xperia Z1

retonio10 — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 02:09:52 GMT

Dear.

I'd just like to ask a question, if I buy on Monday October 21 the phone
z1 sony xperia white when I come to Boston?? and I would also like to know
if it comes factory unlocked?

Another thing, is available for Xperia Z1 USA LTE? because I realize
that the version that teno in my cart on Sony store is the Xperia Z1
C6902 and does not support 4G or LTE.

I hope your kind answers.

Greetings.

Darwin Garcìa